Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-06-22

COn1reSSmen, members OF the laSC house,
appear among the elect. Florida, Indiana,
New Jersey, Tennessee and West Virgin,
Ia contribute new men-Democrats; n
Minnesota, Michigan ana P~ennsyiVania
send new neutrality-suspicious..
- Gen. Miles has gone to Tucson, Arizo-
ma. and assumed personal charge OF the In
diancampaign, as there is every appear
ance OF q prolonged val. Suspicion has
long pointed to the Indian settlers on San
Pedro reservation as being abettors OF the
San Carlos renegades, and it seems now
to be an established fact that they are
so.u They have kept the hostiles In
formed as to the movements OF the troops,
and have also furnished them with horses
toad them in making their escape from
their pursuers.
Says the Augusta Chronicle: The bulls
ofthe coffee marketin New York and OF the
wheat market in Chicago, have met with
inst retribution. The country will rejoice
at the rapid decline in the articles named.
It seems to us that there ought to be hWs
enacted for the punishment OF all men en-
gagged in creating artificial prices for the
necessaries of life. If the States are MOI
competent to deal with the growing evil
from which the people suffer, then congress
should pass q law to prevent gambling IN
luCuEGSTde kCdSg III t>lO
There will be no tears shed in this section
at the downfall of the gamblers In cof1ee
and wheat.
lon Monday night of last week, in
Halifax county, N. c., VIM. Beaseley and
Barney Cotton, young negro men, quar-
relied and fought, and Cotton declared on
Tuesday that before the week d ne
would kill Beaseley. The latter was IN
the habit of walking along q certain road
night and morning. Last Thursday night
Cotton secreted himself in a swamp be-
side this road. Just after darkness began
he heard q footstep and dimly saw the
figure of a man within thirty yards. He
took good aim, fred and killed the man
In his tracks. To be sure of his victim,
Cotton walked up to the body, when ne
found that he had killed the wrong man.
His victim was Alfred Arlington, a color
ed preacher. Cotton was arrested.
At Covington, Ga, last Wednesday
night, Giles S. Whittier committed sulcloe
by hanging. Mr.. Whittier was 81 years OF
age, and the father of a large family. For
many years he had conducted a liquor
store. When prohibition began to close in
around the country in which he lived, he
became greatly excited, and vowed that
the country was ruined. Ever since he
was compelled to close up his store his
mind has been affected. Tuesday he took
q notion that the Prohibitionists intended
TO torture him, and Wednesday night he
got up and expressed his purpose OF hiding
from his enemies in the barn. Thursday
morning his body was found dangling from
a rope, which was attached to one OF the
joists.
Grand Forks, Dakota, wa visited with
a destructive tornado last Thursday even
ing. The storm came from the west and
travelled due east. Twenty-Five or more
buildings, including the Catholic Church
and the University of North Dakota, were
blown to the ground. The laboratory and
museum of the University were almost to-
tally destroyed, besides hundreds of small
erdwelliDgs, ~storehOuses and sheds. -FOUR
persons were killed outright and several
seriously injured. Fourteen business build,
ings were destroyed, and the loss at Grand
Forks is estimated at $1OO,OO A train
from rilenorth, aboutfour miles from town,
was blown from the track and rolled e
twice. No one was killed, but many were
seriously injured. The storm was quite
severe at other points in Dakota.
The Springfield Republican, speaking OF
the eras Of prosperity and dizziness since
the war, concludes thus: 1.-THE years of
highest prosperity are generally character
lied by large importations-partly raw
material to be consumed by active indus
tries, partly goods drawn here by advanc-
ing prices and a lively market, and partly
on account of the greater consuming ca
pacity of all classes in good times. AS to
our exportables, we are in better shape
than last year. We shall carry over no
surplus of cereals and shall probably get
higher prices for the next crop of wheat,
whether Europe has a good harvest or not.
On the whole the prospect for continued
prosperity for a period of years, say from
three to five, is good, barring ~extraordlna-
ry crop disasters. A poor crop of corn is a
national disaster and extends over ~ or 70
months in crippling the West. But the
acreage is now so vast that a general fall
ure of either wheat or corn is a risk to
which the country is less exposed than
formerly.
On Tuesday morning, a remarkable
sight was witnessed at the intersection of
three of the principal streets of Atlanta.
Six wagon loads of gambling tools were
burned to ashes. An immense crowd wit
messed the burning. During the past
eighteen months the police have raided
many gambling establishments and cap
tured a large quantity of the paraphernalia
usually found in gambling establishments.
All these, making over six large wagon
loads, were hauled to the most public cor
ner in the city and dumped in two large
piles. The tables and fortune wheels and
faro boards were broken and split into
small pieces. Some of the furniture was
new and costly. The aggregate value of
the two piles of fuel was notless than SlO,-
900. After pouring several gallons OF kerr
osene oil upon the piles, Chief of Police
Connally applied a match, and in a few
minutes the flames were shooting upward.
The mass of matter was rapidly consumed.
Several old gamblers, whose property
some of the gaming outfits were, stood
and watched the destruction OF the costly
and beautiful devices.
- The National Association of Wholesale
Liquor Dealers held an important meeting
in Chicago last Thursday night. Chica-
20 dispatch says: In addition to local
members present, the Texas delegation
was in attendance. Whether they discuss
ed local freight in Chicago, is not known.
The gentlemen say they did not; they say
they had enough to do in preparing for the
prohibition fight in Texas. The prohibl-
ton amendment there will be voted upon
August 4, and the fight is red hot. One OF
the wholesale men says that a one hum
dred dollar assessment is for the houses In
Chicago to fight prohibition in Texas. MI.
Anterior, the President, admits that it is
a hard battle, but thinks the liquor men
will win. Then prohibition in Tennessee
comes to a vote September 9TH, and 1t